| 释义 |
bean
I. \ˈbēn\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English bene, from Old English bēan; akin to Old High German bōna bean, Old Norse baun, and probably to Latin faba bean, Greek phakos lentil
1.
a. : broad bean
b. : the seed of any of various other erect or climbing leguminous plants especially of the genera Phaseolus, Dolichos, and Vigna — see kidney bean, lima bean, sieva bean, snap bean
c. : a plant bearing beans
b. : a bean pod used when immature as a vegetable
2.
a. : a valueless item
< not worth a bean >
b. slang Britain : a sovereign or a guinea
c. : a small amount of money
< he didn't have a bean when they were married >
< haven't spent a bean on it in years >
d. slang : dollar
e. beans plural : an appreciable amount
< he doesn't know beans about it >
< I haven't heard beans about the matter lately >
3.
a. : any of various seeds or fruits that resemble beans
< a coffee bean >
< catalpa beans littering the walk >
b. : any of several plants producing such beans — usually used in combination
< a field of castor beans >
— see black bean, coral bean
4.
a. : a bean used in balloting
b. : a man that becomes leader of Twelfth Night festivities through having drawn a piece of cake containing a bean
5. : something felt to resemble a bean: as
a. : a protuberance on the upper mandible of waterfowl (as of certain geese) — see goose illustration
b. : a nipple or similar device placed in an oil-well line to restrict the flow of the oil
c. : a hardened mass of fatty secretion in the sheath of a stallion or gelding that if allowed to accumulate may block the urethra causing colicky pain and impeding urination
6. slang
a. beans plural : beating, punishment, pain, censure — usually used with give
< giving the enemy beans when they came within range >
< giving the opposition beans in a stinging speech >
b. : head, skull, brain
< every whim and caprice which enters his bean — Henry Miller >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: bean (I) (head)
: to strike typically with a hurled or propelled object and on the head
< a caddie beaned by a wild shot >
specifically : to hit (a baseball batter) especially on the head with a pitched ball
III. noun
1. beans plural : exuberance — used in the phrase full of beans
2. beans plural : nonsense — used in the phrase full of beans |